54 and 55, Gainsborough Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. House. 3 related planning applications.
54 and 55, Gainsborough Street
- WRENN ID
- bitter-iron-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 54 and 55, Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2ET
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 412
- Coordinates
- 52.03831, 0.72927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
54 and 55 Gainsborough Street is a house built in 1692, originally the home of Edward Burkitt, whose initials can be seen in the fanlight above the door. The Burkitt family was prominent in Sudbury for 200 years. The building features an 18th-century red brick front and has two storeys, which were raised to three storeys in the 19th century, resulting in a loss of much of its original character. It has a slate roof and a wooden modillion cornice above the second storey, with a band between the first and ground floors. The house has five sash windows with glazing bars and a ground floor shop. The central entrance is accessed by steps and features a doorcase with an open pediment, quasi triglyphs, a fanlight, panelled reveals, and a six-panel door. The building is included for its group value with the adjacent property.
Local climate
54 and 55, Gainsborough Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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